# Board of Supervisors Minutes: December 11, 2012 - Meeting date: 2012-12-11 - Document type: minutes - Pages in official PDF: 24 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/78/2012-12-11-minutes) - [Authoritative City PDF](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=220867&GUID=D69A15C8-960D-4BB8-84CB-B726DFA34068) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City PDF is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 120982: Jack Early Commemorative Plaque - Stockton Street Adjacent to Washington Square - Pages: 6-7 - Vote 1: final-passage, likely final - Action: 120982 [Jack Early Commemorative Plaque - Stockton Street Adjacent to Washington Square] Sponsor: Chiu Ordinance commemorating the Stockton Street sidewalk adjacent to Washington Square Park under Public Works Code Sections 789 et seq., the Commemorative Street Plaque Ordinance, accepting a plaque in honor of Jack Early as a gift to the City, waiving permit and inspection fees for plaque installation, and directing official acts in furtherance of this Ordinance. FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Olague, Wiener ### File 121007: Electric System and Solar Project Agreement - North Star Solar, LLC - Pages: 7 - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 121007 [Electric System and Solar Project Agreement - North Star Solar, LLC] Ordinance authorizing, pursuant to Charter Section 9.118(a), a System Impact Mitigation Agreement with North Star Solar, LLC, requiring North Star Solar, LLC, to pay the Public Utilities Commission the costs necessary to mitigate the impacts to the City’s electric system caused by the interconnection of North Star Solar, LLC’s solar project to the electric grid; authorizing similar mitigation agreements with other projects in the future; appropriating funds from these agreements to pay the costs of mitigation work; and placing various mitigation funds on reserve with the Board of Supervisors. (City Attorney's Office) (Fiscal Impact) PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Olague, Wiener ### File 121064: Business and Tax Regulations, Police Codes - Parking Stations - Revenue Control Equipment; License Regulations; Parking Tax Bonds; Administrative Citation Process - Pages: 7 - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 121064 [Business and Tax Regulations, Police Codes - Parking Stations - Revenue Control Equipment; License Regulations; Parking Tax Bonds; Administrative Citation Process] Sponsor: Campos Ordinance amending the San Francisco Business and Tax Regulations Code by amending Article 6 (Common Administrative Provisions) to revise the bonding requirements for parking operators; revise the time to bring an action to collect tax; clarify the extent of a surety's liability; revise the administrative citation appeal process; and make other minor technical changes; amending Article 22 (Parking Stations; Revenue Control Equipment) to clarify that non-City governmental entities operating parking stations are exempt from the revenue control equipment requirements; and amending the San Francisco Police Code Article 17 (Miscellaneous License Regulations) to clarify that governmental entities operating parking garages or parking lots are exempt from the permitting requirements applicable to other commercial parking garage and valet operations. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Olague, Wiener ### File 121012: Adopting CEQA Findings - Geary Road Bridge Project - Pages: 7-8 - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: 121012 [Adopting CEQA Findings - Geary Road Bridge Project] Resolution adopting findings under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), CEQA Guidelines, and San Francisco Administrative Code Chapter 31, including the adoption of a mitigation monitoring and reporting program, related to the funding of Project No. CUW26403, the Geary Road Bridge Project, in Alameda County and directing the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to notify the Controller of this action. (Public Utilities Commission) ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Olague, Wiener ### File 121086: California Constitution Appropriations Limit for FY2012-2013 - Pages: 8 - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: 121086 [California Constitution Appropriations Limit for FY2012-2013] Resolution establishing the appropriations limit for FY2012-2013 pursuant to California Constitution Article XIII B. (Controller) (Fiscal Impact) ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Olague, Wiener ### File 121109: Expenditures from South of Market Community Stabilization Fund - $760,000 - Pages: 8 - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: 121109 [Expenditures from South of Market Community Stabilization Fund - $760,000] Sponsor: Kim Resolution authorizing the 2012 South of Market (SoMa) Community Stabilization Fund Program and authorizing the Mayor’s Office of Housing to expend SoMa Community Stabilization Fund dollars in the amount of $760,000. ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Olague, Wiener ### File 121110: Issuance of Tax Exempt Obligation - San Francisco Friends School - Not to Exceed $32,000,000 - Pages: 8 - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: 121110 [Issuance of Tax Exempt Obligation - San Francisco Friends School - Not to Exceed $32,000,000] Sponsor: Wiener Resolution approving the issuance of a tax exempt obligation by the ABAG Finance Authority for Nonprofit Corporations in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $32,000,000 to finance and refinance various capital facilities owned by San Francisco Friends School. ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Olague, Wiener ### File 121125: Accept and Expend Grant - Sidney E. Frank Foundation Renewable Energy - $250,000 - Pages: 8 - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: 121125 [Accept and Expend Grant - Sidney E. Frank Foundation Renewable Energy - $250,000] Sponsor: Mayor Resolution authorizing the Department of the Environment to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $250,000 from the Sidney E. Frank Foundation to plan and implement specific projects to source 100% of San Francisco’s electrical demand from renewable energy sources from July 15, 2012, through June 15, 2013. ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Olague, Wiener ### File 121126: Accept and Expend Grant - Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program - $650,000 - Pages: 8-9 - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: 121126 [Accept and Expend Grant - Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program - $650,000] Sponsor: Mayor Resolution authorizing the Department on the Status of Women to retroactively accept and expend an extension grant in the amount of $650,000 through the United States Department of Justice’s Office of Violence Against Women, Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program, for grant period April 1, 2012, through March 31, 2014. ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Olague, Wiener ## Extracted text ### [Page 7](https://sfbos.info/documents/78/2012-12-11-minutes#page-7) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes - Draft 12/11/2012 NEW BUSINESS Recommendations of the Budget and Finance Committee 121007 [Electric System and Solar Project Agreement - North Star Solar, LLC] Ordinance authorizing, pursuant to Charter Section 9.118(a), a System Impact Mitigation Agreement with North Star Solar, LLC, requiring North Star Solar, LLC, to pay the Public Utilities Commission the costs necessary to mitigate the impacts to the City’s electric system caused by the interconnection of North Star Solar, LLC’s solar project to the electric grid; authorizing similar mitigation agreements with other projects in the future; appropriating funds from these agreements to pay the costs of mitigation work; and placing various mitigation funds on reserve with the Board of Supervisors. (City Attorney's Office) (Fiscal Impact) PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Olague, Wiener 121064 [Business and Tax Regulations, Police Codes - Parking Stations - Revenue Control Equipment; License Regulations; Parking Tax Bonds; Administrative Citation Process] Sponsor: Campos Ordinance amending the San Francisco Business and Tax Regulations Code by amending Article 6 (Common Administrative Provisions) to revise the bonding requirements for parking operators; revise the time to bring an action to collect tax; clarify the extent of a surety's liability; revise the administrative citation appeal process; and make other minor technical changes; amending Article 22 (Parking Stations; Revenue Control Equipment) to clarify that non-City governmental entities operating parking stations are exempt from the revenue control equipment requirements; and amending the San Francisco Police Code Article 17 (Miscellaneous License Regulations) to clarify that governmental entities operating parking garages or parking lots are exempt from the permitting requirements applicable to other commercial parking garage and valet operations. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Olague, Wiener 121012 [Adopting CEQA Findings - Geary Road Bridge Project] Resolution adopting findings under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), CEQA Guidelines, and San Francisco Administrative Code Chapter 31, including the adoption of a mitigation monitoring and reporting program, related to the funding of Project No. CUW26403, the Geary Road Bridge Project, in Alameda County and directing the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to notify the Controller of this action. (Public Utilities Commission) ADOPTED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Olague, Wiener City and County of San Francisco Page 6 Printed at 3:07 pm on 12/12/12 ### [Page 8](https://sfbos.info/documents/78/2012-12-11-minutes#page-8) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes - Draft 12/11/2012 121086 [California Constitution Appropriations Limit for FY2012-2013] Resolution establishing the appropriations limit for FY2012-2013 pursuant to California Constitution Article XIII B. (Controller) (Fiscal Impact) ADOPTED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Olague, Wiener 121109 [Expenditures from South of Market Community Stabilization Fund - $760,000] Sponsor: Kim Resolution authorizing the 2012 South of Market (SoMa) Community Stabilization Fund Program and authorizing the Mayor’s Office of Housing to expend SoMa Community Stabilization Fund dollars in the amount of $760,000. ADOPTED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Olague, Wiener 121110 [Issuance of Tax Exempt Obligation - San Francisco Friends School - Not to Exceed $32,000,000] Sponsor: Wiener Resolution approving the issuance of a tax exempt obligation by the ABAG Finance Authority for Nonprofit Corporations in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $32,000,000 to finance and refinance various capital facilities owned by San Francisco Friends School. ADOPTED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Olague, Wiener 121125 [Accept and Expend Grant - Sidney E. Frank Foundation Renewable Energy - $250,000] Sponsor: Mayor Resolution authorizing the Department of the Environment to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $250,000 from the Sidney E. Frank Foundation to plan and implement specific projects to source 100% of San Francisco’s electrical demand from renewable energy sources from July 15, 2012, through June 15, 2013. ADOPTED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Olague, Wiener 121126 [Accept and Expend Grant - Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program - $650,000] Sponsor: Mayor Resolution authorizing the Department on the Status of Women to retroactively accept and expend an extension grant in the amount of $650,000 through the United States Department of Justice’s Office of Violence Against Women, Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program, for grant period April 1, 2012, through March 31, 2014. ADOPTED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Olague, Wiener City and County of San Francisco Page 7 Printed at 3:07 pm on 12/12/12